Which of the following platyhelminth is free living?

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Liver fluke

Schistosoma

Tapeworm

Planaria

answer is C.

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Platyhelminths or flatworms can be found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They exist as free-living forms or as parasitic forms (in the body of their hosts).

Planaria is an example of a free-living flatworm. It is mostly found in freshwater habitats.

Tapeworms, liver flukes, and Schistosoma are examples of parasitic platyhelminths that live in the body of their hosts (primary or secondary).

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